Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2014 - Māori Language Week 2014 - Monday 21 July – Sunday 27 July 2014 (Term 3, Week 1) ‘Te Kupu o te Wiki’, which translates as The Word of the Week.”
Under this theme, a new Māori word will be highlighted each week for fifty weeks. All schools, communities and organisations are encouraged to introduce and adopt that word with students, staff etc.
From July 2014, 50 Māori words will be introduced nationally over 50 weeks. We’ll introduce one Māori word each week, adding it to our vocabulary. After 50 weeks, 50 Māori words will have been added to the national vocabulary.
Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2013 - Maori Language Week 2013 - Place Names
A digital kit of resources for Māori Language week
Resources, websites, blog posts, Youtube clips of waiata, language, video, photos, EDtalks, and whakataukī collaboratively collated by educators across New Zealand led by Tania Coutts from CORE Education. (This is from a previous Maori language week, but has a great slide show with heaps of digital resource links)
Ideas & Resources for Māori Language Week
Aotearoa Road Trip Game of Maori Place Names
Māori Language Week 2013 Games and Resources
He Papa-Whakataetae mō Ngā Wāhi Māori: Aotearoa Road Trip
Take your students, co-workers or family on a road trip around Aotearoa. On the journey they will learn to recognise and name twenty well known Aotearoa / New Zealand towns and cities in Te Reo Māori.
Aotearoa Place Names Quiz
How well do you know your geography of Aotearoa – in Te Reo Māori? Short two minute quiz to test your knowledge of placenames and geography.
Free Lesson Plan – Working with Numbers in Te Reo Māori
This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with Buratino’s Māori Number Cards and will help learners to master the use of Māori numbers out of sequence.
Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa: an oral dictionary of Māori placenames
Recorded in 1984-94, the speakers are 132 elders and experts from each area. The names are in 177 tracks corresponding to “zones” (regions) of New Zealand, in alphabetical order on each track.
There are approximately 10,200 names!
Whakahuatange o te reo Māori: Māori Language Pronunciation
Maori Pronounciation guide produced by University of Otago. Listen to various spoken sounds (sound quality not good)
‘Te Kupu o te Wiki’, which translates as The Word of the Week.”
Under this theme, a new Māori word will be highlighted each week for fifty weeks. All schools, communities and organisations are encouraged to introduce and adopt that word with students, staff etc.
From July 2014, 50 Māori words will be introduced nationally over 50 weeks. We’ll introduce one Māori word each week, adding it to our vocabulary. After 50 weeks, 50 Māori words will have been added to the national vocabulary.
Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2013 - Maori Language Week 2013 - Place Names
A digital kit of resources for Māori Language week
Resources, websites, blog posts, Youtube clips of waiata, language, video, photos, EDtalks, and whakataukī collaboratively collated by educators across New Zealand led by Tania Coutts from CORE Education.
(This is from a previous Maori language week, but has a great slide show with heaps of digital resource links)
Ideas & Resources for Māori Language Week
Māori Language Week 2013 Games and Resources
He Papa-Whakataetae mō Ngā Wāhi Māori: Aotearoa Road TripTake your students, co-workers or family on a road trip around Aotearoa. On the journey they will learn to recognise and name twenty well known Aotearoa / New Zealand towns and cities in Te Reo Māori.
- Aotearoa Road Trip Board Game
Aotearoa Place Names QuizHow well do you know your geography of Aotearoa – in Te Reo Māori? Short two minute quiz to test your knowledge of placenames and geography.
- Aotearoa / New Zealand Place Names Quiz
Free PDF Download: Public Signs in Te Reo Māori- Level 1: Simple Signs, up to 3 words
- Level 2: Signs containing up to 7 words
Free Lesson Plan – Working with Numbers in Te Reo MāoriThis lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with Buratino’s Māori Number Cards and will help learners to master the use of Māori numbers out of sequence.
- Free working with numbers lesson plan
Free PDF Download: Everyday Food Items in MāoriMāori Language Week 2013 Events:
History of Māori Language Week:
Pronunciation Guides:
Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa: an oral dictionary of Māori placenamesRecorded in 1984-94, the speakers are 132 elders and experts from each area. The names are in 177 tracks corresponding to “zones” (regions) of New Zealand, in alphabetical order on each track.
There are approximately 10,200 names!
- Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa Internet Archive>
- Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa Website
100 Māori words every New Zealander should know- www.nzhistory.net.nz – 100 Māori words
Kōrero Māori Placenames MapMap with NZ place names in Māori and English, click on each to hear the pronunciation:
- www.korero.maori.nz – Placenames Map
Whakahuatange o te reo Māori: Māori Language PronunciationMaori Pronounciation guide produced by University of Otago. Listen to various spoken sounds (sound quality not good)
- Whakahuatange o te reo Māori
Learn how to pronounce MāoriDictionaries:
Learning Te Reo Maori, Exercises & Lessons:
Cool Stuff:
Learning Te Reo Facebook Groups
Maori Proverbs:
Maori Proverbs from ron mader